The RAID Configuration Program Screens



The RAID Configuration Program Screens

When you configure or view the disk array you will be using the IBM RAID configuration program on the SCSI-2 Fast/Wide PCI-Bus Adapter (also called the IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide PCI-Bus Adapter Configuration Option Diskette). The following figure is a compilation of many of the IBM RAID Controller Disk Array Configuration (also called the IBM RAID configuration program) screens followed by an explanations of the numbered areas of the figure.
 
  1.  This pop-up allows you to select the RAID level you want to assign to  the logical drive you are defining, and it allows you to select the logical  drive size. You can enter the size, in megabytes, or you can accept the  default value shown.

     When you need to confirm an action, the Confirm pop-up appears in this  area.

  2.  You can select any of the choices that appear on the menus.
  3.  The Bay/Array selection list  shows each bay in the server (for each channel) numbered 1  through 7.  The abbreviation in the bay indicates the status of the drive  installed in the bay. Selections are made from this list to determine  which bays (hard disk drives) are in the arrays.  The letter to the right of the bay identifies the  array in which the hard disk drive in that bay is grouped.

    NOTE:   The Channel/Bay/Array area on the screen does not reflect the physical  configuration of the server. The hot-swappable hard disk drives are numbered 1  through 6 (from left to right from top to bottom).
     See 'Installing Internal Drives' to see the physical location of the hard disk drives.

  4.  The Array list indicates the array ID and the size  (in megabytes) of the array.

    NOTE: The capacity (size) is shown in binary equivalent.

     When a drive is being rebuilt, this area, along with the Logical  Drive list area,  shows the progression of the rebuilding process.

  5.  The Logical Drive list identifies the logical drive  (for example, A1),  the size of the logical drive,  the RAID level assigned to the logical drive,  the date it was created, and the write policy.

     The status of the logical drive is also shown.
    Good means that all is well with the drive.
    Critical means that you must replace the drive or do a rebuild  operation. (You will have received a message telling you the drive is in a Critical  state.)
    Offline means that the logical drive is unrecoverable, the data  in that drive is lost.

     When a drive is being rebuilt, this area, along with the Array list  area, shows the progression of the rebuilding process.

    NOTE: The capacity (size) is shown in binary equivalent.

     During an initialization process, the Write Policy area displays the  percent initialized, during a synchronization process, it displays the  percent synchronized.

  6.  The information area tells you the action you can perform on this  screen or pop-up.

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